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What is difference between Silver and Silver Elite?

Question asked by notacook on Jan 14, 2017
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The point status is new and confusing to me. I have a Marriott Chase CC and thought it allowed me "Silver Elite" status. My account shows I need 2 more nights (account deleted "nights" from 2016) to RENEW "Silver Elite". (1) Is the credit card simply a "silver" status and not "silver elite"? and (2) How, or where, do I verify that I earned 15 nights or points or credits (again, I'm confused how to differentiate between nights, points, etc) when I had my anniversary year? Thank you so much for any information!

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bejacob Jan 15, 2017 11:56 AM
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Silver and Silver Elite are the same thing. You'll earn 15 nights credit toward your status on the anniversary of when you got your CC. What you are seeing now is your current progress. The nights from the CC will post guaranteeing your Silver status.

The credit card nights will show up as"Bonus Nights" listed as "Rewards Credit Card." Once they post, you'll see that your Silver Elite status has been renewed for 2018 and you will then see the number of nights needed to reach Gold.
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- notacook @ bejacob on Jan 15, 2017 5:26 PM
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  Thank you "bejacob"! Since I'm new to reviewing my account, how may I verify if I earned the 15 "Bonus Nights" listed as "Rewards Credit Card" when I had 1 year anniversary - for Chase CC - on 8/31/2016? Currently, when I click on "Nights" tab (within top banner of account), it shows the below - leading me to think that I lost any 15 bonus nights once 2016 reset to 2017. When I logged into the "rewards blog", early in January 2017, I recall it showing I had 23 nights - making me think I lost the 15 bonus nights that I may have earned at my 1 year anniversary. Is that correct? I cannot figure out how to check the history of my points and I'm eager to make a late January reservation that allows a 30% leisure discount as long as I'm "elite". So, I'm concerned that since my account indicates I need "2 nights to renew Silver Elite", I won't qualify for the discount. Thank you!:
  Nights Detail
  2 nights needed to renew Silver Elite level
  42 nights needed to achieve Gold Elite level
  Nights stayed 0
  Paid:0
  Redeemed:0
  Bonus nights 8
  Promotional:0
  Rewards Credit Card:1
  Rewarding Events:0
  2016 rollover:7
  2017 total View my activity information 8
  Lifetime Status
  Nights48
  Points94,262
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  - bejacob @ notacook on Jan 15, 2017 9:25 PM
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    You may have to reach out to customer service to get your points/nights history. Several of us track these ourselves since you can normally only get the last year's activity online.
    
    As for the 15 nights on the CC, given that your anniversary with Chase is in August, those nights won't post until then. Each year on your anniversary, you'll get 15 nights, however come January, all nights "earned" in the previous year rest to zero (not counting any rollover nights earned, but that's a separate topic ).
    
    Don't forget that when it says you need X number of nights to renew your status, that is for the following year (in this case 2018). You already qualified in 2016 to be Silver Elite for all of 2017. You certainly will qualify for the discount rate in late January.
    
    Undoubtedly by the time your 15 nights post in August, you will have already renewed your Silver Elite status for next year and be well on your way to Gold.
    
    You ask a lot of good questions. Hopefully I've been able to answer most of them. Stick around Marriott Rewards Insiders. There is a wealth of knowledge available and plenty of folks who will be glad to answer all sorts of question related to Marriott, Marriott Rewards, and travel in general.
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  - felixf5 @ notacook on Jan 16, 2017 10:36 AM
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    When you logged in early January, the data hadn't been updated yet for 2017. It looks to me like you ended 2016 with 22 nights. As you need 15 to achieve silver for the next year your status should be silver at this time. This status is valid until early 2018. Any nights above the 15 required nights for silver are "rolled-over" to 2017. Those are the 7 Rollover nights you see. You have also gotten one night credit from your creditcard spending. That makes your total for this year 8 nights. In August, you will get the 15 anniversary nights as bejacob explained. So you can be assured of 23 nights for 2017 already. That means you will re-qualify as Silver Elite for the whole of 2018
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    - nationwide @ felixf5 on Jan 16, 2017 10:40 AM
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      felixf5, one point of clarification, you only need 10 qualifying nights for Silver Elite status each year. This is often confused for a minimum of 15, as 15 is the number you receive on your credit card anniversary date.
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pey Jan 16, 2017 12:55 PM
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notacook , further to all the other great advice, if you have not done so register your birthday in your profile and you get another night credit which will help you on your quest for higher elite status.
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notacook Jan 16, 2017 3:07 PM
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Thank you so very much, to each of you, for providing clarification! I think I understand the system a little better - definitely know that I shouldn't have avoided checking my account for the first 16 months with the Marriott Chase CC! Yes, I appreciated reading (other similar posts & your advice) that I should register my b-day - which I did, yesterday. Thank you so much! I appreciate all the helpful feedback!
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